The one sure-fire way to get people to panic buy anything? tell them not to. We saw two petrol stations full of cars today, and we live about 20 miles from a huge petrol depot that’s not on strike.
So..
Don’t panic, there is no need to rush, I haven’t spoken to Waterstones but I am sure they will have enough copies of my new book, “Look Stupid… Just buy it - the idiots guide to buying without thinking” (£25.99)- there will be more than enough copies to go around, I repeat don’t panic!
the BBC are picking up on just how oppressive this country is when it comes to people exceising there rights to take photographs.
Despite 100’s of security cameras all over cities and towns in this country, someone taking a photograph can be subjected to victimization and unlawful stop and search. all in the name of anti-terrorism apparently.
As one of the comments on the BBC blog points out.
“In the modern world, it is possible to take thousands of snaps with camera phones or more discreet cameras, so why would any aspiring terrorist need to use an obvious camera?”
more sinister is the reaction to this post
“Take some photos of the police who are trying to stop you taking photos. Then tell them you are within your rights to do so and you will not delete them and if they arrest you then you will pursue a case of wrongful arrest. They really hate that.”
Ruth said - “That sounds like a way to get beaten up”, and I agree, but isn’t that how you end up in a police state? How many police beatings actually have to happen, or can you just have the inferance of them to control behaviour beyond the stated laws? and remember it’s all done to protect us.
I’m off to photograph some buildings in built up areas. I wonder what would happen if I started taking photos of security cameras?
Oldham has re-branded. It’s one Oldham, as in “there’s only one Oldham”. £100,000 gets you a blue smartie with an o in it. Not that it’s not worth it. It’s easy to tut and shake our heads and that’s because it’s fashionable to undervalue creativity. go on you have a go - you and 10 of your fiends re brand Oldham, it’s not easy.
Poole Council, has used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to put suvalence on the house of a 3 year old. so they could check that they lived in the right place for the school they applied too.
It’s not the words of the laws that are the problem, it’s how much people interprite them. All to often the goverment give ‘assurances’ that laws won’t be abused. but they can’t tell. and what happens when someone else gets control.
On the BBC news. one sign the economy is in trouble.
“there are now only 4,700 mortgage products on the market, down from 13,000″.
Oh no, there are only 4,700 ways to borrow money for a house - that’s insane.
according to someone the UK economy (GDP) is around £1,333 billion but…
no word yet on how much it “costs the uk economy” for people to sit around finding all this out…
over heard on the radio today as i wondered around the house.
7% of atheists believe that Jesus was the son of God.
man who did survey: “yes, we where a bit surprised by this one.”
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